Well, I have lived ten years plus ten
And ten and ten again
I have seen too much to pretend
Then you wanted to come in
I have survived all of the lies
They made me wise
The locks and walls and the peace it buys
Still when I look into your eyes
It's a surprise when you say:

(It's gonna be alright)
(It's gonna be okay)
(Just hold on tight)
(Let it all go away)

(It's gonna be alright)
Oh, mercy, mercy, baby
(It's gonna be okay)
(Just hold on tight)
What do you want from me
(Let it all go away)

Well I plead: "Mercy, mercy, baby"
I do not know what this all means
It's been awhile since I been stylin'
In just my jacket and my jeans
It hurts to walk it hurts to talk
It hurts to think about it
Shout about it
Could I be sure without a doubt
That you could never live without me
(It's gonna be alright)
Oh, mercy, baby
(It's gonna be okay)
(Just hold on tight)
What do you want from me
(Let it all go away)

(It's gonna be all right)
Oh, mercy, mercy, baby
(It's gonna be okay)
(Just hold on tight)
What do you want from me
(Let it all go away)

I want to fall in you, crawl in you
Surrender all in you now
Could I be sure in you, pure in you
Finding the cure in you
Now I plead: "Have mercy on me"
Oh...

Now I am kneeling at the alter
In the temple of your eyes
And I am asking for a miracle
I have been too long paralyzed
When you say: "Get up and stand up
And climb the rope of hope
And open up again"
Oh, the peace you say is promised me
Seems too much to comprehend
(It's gonna be alright)
Oh, mercy, baby
(It's gonna be okay)
(Just hold on tight)
What can this girl believe
(Let it all go away)

(It's gonna be alright)
Oh... mercy
(It's gonna be okay)
(Just hold on tight)
What do you want from me
(Let it all go away)
What do you want from me
(It's gonna be alright)
(It's gonna be okay)
Mercy, baby
(Just hold on tight)
Mercy, baby
(Let it all go away)

(It's gonna be alright)
Mercy, mercy, mercy, baby
(It's gonna be okay)
(Just hold on tight)
Hold on tight
Let it all go away
(It's gonna be alright)
It's gonna be okay
(Just to hold on tight)
Oh...
(Let it all go away)

Mercy, baby